Definition of modernism in English:

modernism

noun ˈmɒd(ə)nɪz(ə)mˈmɑdərnˌɪzəm

mass noun

1Modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.
现代思想；现代表达；现代技术
a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism
Example sentencesExamples
- In objectifying his memories, Jim abandons what we might call his realism for a mode of representation more characteristic of modernism.
- In most Arab societies one may find values that endeavor to include modernism and follow modern life style.
- This would be a purely social postmodernity which derives from the recognition that even the satires and games of modernism and modernity posit a deeper reality which we can no longer believe in.
- Using this analytical scheme, I argued that Islamic modernism was an outcome of the discursive context of the ideological contentions in the second part of the nineteenth-century Egypt.
- Rather, his regime uses the language of pragmatism and modernism to herald changes that appear at odds with the general cultural consensus on topics such as education and religion.
- By 1914, Europe had perhaps reached the limits of modernism, which was characterized, above all, by disorder in the mind.
- There was a total commitment to modernism and innovation, an impatience to get to the future ahead of everybody else.
- Everything is nostalgia, eventually - modernism is just nostalgia for the future, rooted by the same disgust with the present that informs new urbanist nostalgia.
- One is the rejection of foundationalism, which characterized modernism's theological reliance on science, psychology, and philosophy.
- Not that it necessarily has to be a symbol of modernism and innovation that is targeted for immolation.
- Therefore, the techniques of modernism, rather than outmoded conceptions of realism, might offer the necessary strategies for representing the reality of modernist events.
- The answer for most was the multi-faceted world of experiments in expression that we call modernism.
- Modernity and modernism don't necessarily equate with modernization.
- Like all of his shows, this one is challenging and timely, but it only glancingly addresses how the computer is eroding the hard-won humanistic qualities of modernism.
- In this, he overcomes the eye/body/mind splits so characteristic of modernism and modernity, especially in the visual arts.
Synonyms
change, alteration, revolution, upheaval, transformation, metamorphosis, reorganization, restructuring, rearrangement, recasting, remodelling, renovation, restyling, variation
1. 1.1 A style or movement in the arts that aims to depart significantly from classical and traditional forms.
  （指脱离古典和传统形式的）艺术现代主义
  by the post-war period, modernism had become part of art history
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Futurists were influenced by the European artistic movements like modernism and Cubism, with its fractured way of looking at the world.
  It is not quite postmodern yet, but there is a movement against modernism.
  Visual art, including bodybuilding, can be divided into classicism and modernism.
  Although it was similar in context and emphasis to the decorative style of ‘art nouveau,’ a stronger connection to modernism distinguished art deco.
  He parodied the historical parade of styles in modernism, mimicking, for example, the strains of lyrical and geometric abstraction.
  Much Middle Eastern art in the Biennale revealed a combination of older styles of modernism (early abstraction, Cubism).
  This is a leading distinction between modernism and postmodernism, the so-called decentering of the self.
  Or is virtualism an extension of modernism and postmodernism?
  She also participated in the ideological and esthetic shift from modernism to postmodernism and has experience with the strategies of both.
  Is the emergent virtual art that you identify here, for you, a counterrevolution against modernism and postmodernism - or not?
  There was modernism, then postmodernism, and modernism reappeared, because it never completely disappeared.
  The work establishes the bridge between modernism and post-modernism utilizing primitive oral techniques.
  I will reveal myself as being closer to modernism than to postmodernism by asserting that I believe there are some things that are true.
  These buildings at the Bund represent a variety of Western architectural styles including classicism, eclecticism and modernism.
  He is known for his large abstract collages made of cut and painted canvas that have inflections of European modernism and Abstract Expressionism.
  The mixture of classical modernism with traditionalist references was thick, and it seemed undeniable that many of the works were deliberate remakes of recognizable Western modernist icons.
  Its pictorial and plastic experiments were deemed crucial to the construction of modernism and the history of 20th-century art.
  The works of these authors inhabit the domains of neo-realism, modernism, postmodernism and magical realism.
  In Europe it was Matisse who ushered Bonnard into modernism, asserting that he was a ‘great painter for today and assuredly for the future’.
  That earlier activity ran parallel to the beginnings of modernism in French art, with artists like Manet and Degas responding to the anxious and unsettled urban environment they inhabited.
2. 1.2 A movement towards modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  现代主义（尤指19世纪晚期至20世纪早期罗马天主教修正传统信仰以符合现代思想的思潮）
  Example sentencesExamples
  At a time when the church took a rigid and protective stance against what it believed were destructive forces of modernism, Petre's voice honored both reason and faith.
  Indeed traditionalist, Tridentine Roman Catholics deplore the theological modernism into which their church has sunk through the espousal of the theory of doctrinal development.
  Orthodox faiths that unite in resisting religious liberalism and modernism may nonetheless disagree about the content of theology and about its social implications.
  Eager missionaries enter Asia prepared to do battle with ancient Asian religions; they find themselves rehashing old fights with theological modernism.
  The quality and quantity of his autobiographies makes them an exceptionally valuable resource for students of Loisy's role in Roman Catholic modernism.
  Our analyses of national data for 12 European countries and Israel lent strong support to our hypotheses linking theological modernism with cultural and economic individualism.
  There is no return to the 19th century with its opposition between Church and modernism.
  And though Catholic modernism arose in response to the Enlightenment, it may prove to be even more appropriate for postmodern believers.

Definition of modernism in US English:

modernism

nounˈmädərnˌizəmˈmɑdərnˌɪzəm

1Modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.
现代思想；现代表达；现代技术
when he waxes philosophical, he comes across as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism
当他大谈哲理时，他给人的印象是怀旧与现代主义的奇怪结合。
Example sentencesExamples
- Therefore, the techniques of modernism, rather than outmoded conceptions of realism, might offer the necessary strategies for representing the reality of modernist events.
- There was a total commitment to modernism and innovation, an impatience to get to the future ahead of everybody else.
- One is the rejection of foundationalism, which characterized modernism's theological reliance on science, psychology, and philosophy.
- The answer for most was the multi-faceted world of experiments in expression that we call modernism.
- By 1914, Europe had perhaps reached the limits of modernism, which was characterized, above all, by disorder in the mind.
- This would be a purely social postmodernity which derives from the recognition that even the satires and games of modernism and modernity posit a deeper reality which we can no longer believe in.
- Modernity and modernism don't necessarily equate with modernization.
- In objectifying his memories, Jim abandons what we might call his realism for a mode of representation more characteristic of modernism.
- Rather, his regime uses the language of pragmatism and modernism to herald changes that appear at odds with the general cultural consensus on topics such as education and religion.
- In most Arab societies one may find values that endeavor to include modernism and follow modern life style.
- Like all of his shows, this one is challenging and timely, but it only glancingly addresses how the computer is eroding the hard-won humanistic qualities of modernism.
- Everything is nostalgia, eventually - modernism is just nostalgia for the future, rooted by the same disgust with the present that informs new urbanist nostalgia.
- Using this analytical scheme, I argued that Islamic modernism was an outcome of the discursive context of the ideological contentions in the second part of the nineteenth-century Egypt.
- Not that it necessarily has to be a symbol of modernism and innovation that is targeted for immolation.
- In this, he overcomes the eye/body/mind splits so characteristic of modernism and modernity, especially in the visual arts.
Synonyms
change, alteration, revolution, upheaval, transformation, metamorphosis, reorganization, restructuring, rearrangement, recasting, remodelling, renovation, restyling, variation
1. 1.1 A style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms.
  （指脱离古典和传统形式的）艺术现代主义
  Example sentencesExamples
  The work establishes the bridge between modernism and post-modernism utilizing primitive oral techniques.
  He is known for his large abstract collages made of cut and painted canvas that have inflections of European modernism and Abstract Expressionism.
  Is the emergent virtual art that you identify here, for you, a counterrevolution against modernism and postmodernism - or not?
  Although it was similar in context and emphasis to the decorative style of ‘art nouveau,’ a stronger connection to modernism distinguished art deco.
  The works of these authors inhabit the domains of neo-realism, modernism, postmodernism and magical realism.
  Or is virtualism an extension of modernism and postmodernism?
  She also participated in the ideological and esthetic shift from modernism to postmodernism and has experience with the strategies of both.
  Its pictorial and plastic experiments were deemed crucial to the construction of modernism and the history of 20th-century art.
  I will reveal myself as being closer to modernism than to postmodernism by asserting that I believe there are some things that are true.
  In Europe it was Matisse who ushered Bonnard into modernism, asserting that he was a ‘great painter for today and assuredly for the future’.
  There was modernism, then postmodernism, and modernism reappeared, because it never completely disappeared.
  Much Middle Eastern art in the Biennale revealed a combination of older styles of modernism (early abstraction, Cubism).
  Visual art, including bodybuilding, can be divided into classicism and modernism.
  These buildings at the Bund represent a variety of Western architectural styles including classicism, eclecticism and modernism.
  It is not quite postmodern yet, but there is a movement against modernism.
  The Futurists were influenced by the European artistic movements like modernism and Cubism, with its fractured way of looking at the world.
  He parodied the historical parade of styles in modernism, mimicking, for example, the strains of lyrical and geometric abstraction.
  The mixture of classical modernism with traditionalist references was thick, and it seemed undeniable that many of the works were deliberate remakes of recognizable Western modernist icons.
  That earlier activity ran parallel to the beginnings of modernism in French art, with artists like Manet and Degas responding to the anxious and unsettled urban environment they inhabited.
  This is a leading distinction between modernism and postmodernism, the so-called decentering of the self.
2. 1.2 A movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  现代主义（尤指19世纪晚期至20世纪早期罗马天主教修正传统信仰以符合现代思想的思潮）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our analyses of national data for 12 European countries and Israel lent strong support to our hypotheses linking theological modernism with cultural and economic individualism.
  The quality and quantity of his autobiographies makes them an exceptionally valuable resource for students of Loisy's role in Roman Catholic modernism.
  At a time when the church took a rigid and protective stance against what it believed were destructive forces of modernism, Petre's voice honored both reason and faith.
  Indeed traditionalist, Tridentine Roman Catholics deplore the theological modernism into which their church has sunk through the espousal of the theory of doctrinal development.
  And though Catholic modernism arose in response to the Enlightenment, it may prove to be even more appropriate for postmodern believers.
  Orthodox faiths that unite in resisting religious liberalism and modernism may nonetheless disagree about the content of theology and about its social implications.
  Eager missionaries enter Asia prepared to do battle with ancient Asian religions; they find themselves rehashing old fights with theological modernism.
  There is no return to the 19th century with its opposition between Church and modernism.

词汇	modernism
释义	Definition of modernism in English: modernism noun ˈmɒd(ə)nɪz(ə)mˈmɑdərnˌɪzəm mass noun 1Modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique. 现代思想；现代表达；现代技术 a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism Example sentencesExamples In objectifying his memories, Jim abandons what we might call his realism for a mode of representation more characteristic of modernism. In most Arab societies one may find values that endeavor to include modernism and follow modern life style. This would be a purely social postmodernity which derives from the recognition that even the satires and games of modernism and modernity posit a deeper reality which we can no longer believe in. Using this analytical scheme, I argued that Islamic modernism was an outcome of the discursive context of the ideological contentions in the second part of the nineteenth-century Egypt. Rather, his regime uses the language of pragmatism and modernism to herald changes that appear at odds with the general cultural consensus on topics such as education and religion. By 1914, Europe had perhaps reached the limits of modernism, which was characterized, above all, by disorder in the mind. There was a total commitment to modernism and innovation, an impatience to get to the future ahead of everybody else. Everything is nostalgia, eventually - modernism is just nostalgia for the future, rooted by the same disgust with the present that informs new urbanist nostalgia. One is the rejection of foundationalism, which characterized modernism's theological reliance on science, psychology, and philosophy. Not that it necessarily has to be a symbol of modernism and innovation that is targeted for immolation. Therefore, the techniques of modernism, rather than outmoded conceptions of realism, might offer the necessary strategies for representing the reality of modernist events. The answer for most was the multi-faceted world of experiments in expression that we call modernism. Modernity and modernism don't necessarily equate with modernization. Like all of his shows, this one is challenging and timely, but it only glancingly addresses how the computer is eroding the hard-won humanistic qualities of modernism. In this, he overcomes the eye/body/mind splits so characteristic of modernism and modernity, especially in the visual arts. Synonyms change, alteration, revolution, upheaval, transformation, metamorphosis, reorganization, restructuring, rearrangement, recasting, remodelling, renovation, restyling, variation 1.1 A style or movement in the arts that aims to depart significantly from classical and traditional forms. （指脱离古典和传统形式的）艺术现代主义 by the post-war period, modernism had become part of art history Example sentencesExamples The Futurists were influenced by the European artistic movements like modernism and Cubism, with its fractured way of looking at the world. It is not quite postmodern yet, but there is a movement against modernism. Visual art, including bodybuilding, can be divided into classicism and modernism. Although it was similar in context and emphasis to the decorative style of ‘art nouveau,’ a stronger connection to modernism distinguished art deco. He parodied the historical parade of styles in modernism, mimicking, for example, the strains of lyrical and geometric abstraction. Much Middle Eastern art in the Biennale revealed a combination of older styles of modernism (early abstraction, Cubism). This is a leading distinction between modernism and postmodernism, the so-called decentering of the self. Or is virtualism an extension of modernism and postmodernism? She also participated in the ideological and esthetic shift from modernism to postmodernism and has experience with the strategies of both. Is the emergent virtual art that you identify here, for you, a counterrevolution against modernism and postmodernism - or not? There was modernism, then postmodernism, and modernism reappeared, because it never completely disappeared. The work establishes the bridge between modernism and post-modernism utilizing primitive oral techniques. I will reveal myself as being closer to modernism than to postmodernism by asserting that I believe there are some things that are true. These buildings at the Bund represent a variety of Western architectural styles including classicism, eclecticism and modernism. He is known for his large abstract collages made of cut and painted canvas that have inflections of European modernism and Abstract Expressionism. The mixture of classical modernism with traditionalist references was thick, and it seemed undeniable that many of the works were deliberate remakes of recognizable Western modernist icons. Its pictorial and plastic experiments were deemed crucial to the construction of modernism and the history of 20th-century art. The works of these authors inhabit the domains of neo-realism, modernism, postmodernism and magical realism. In Europe it was Matisse who ushered Bonnard into modernism, asserting that he was a ‘great painter for today and assuredly for the future’. That earlier activity ran parallel to the beginnings of modernism in French art, with artists like Manet and Degas responding to the anxious and unsettled urban environment they inhabited. 1.2 A movement towards modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 现代主义（尤指19世纪晚期至20世纪早期罗马天主教修正传统信仰以符合现代思想的思潮） Example sentencesExamples At a time when the church took a rigid and protective stance against what it believed were destructive forces of modernism, Petre's voice honored both reason and faith. Indeed traditionalist, Tridentine Roman Catholics deplore the theological modernism into which their church has sunk through the espousal of the theory of doctrinal development. Orthodox faiths that unite in resisting religious liberalism and modernism may nonetheless disagree about the content of theology and about its social implications. Eager missionaries enter Asia prepared to do battle with ancient Asian religions; they find themselves rehashing old fights with theological modernism. The quality and quantity of his autobiographies makes them an exceptionally valuable resource for students of Loisy's role in Roman Catholic modernism. Our analyses of national data for 12 European countries and Israel lent strong support to our hypotheses linking theological modernism with cultural and economic individualism. There is no return to the 19th century with its opposition between Church and modernism. And though Catholic modernism arose in response to the Enlightenment, it may prove to be even more appropriate for postmodern believers. Definition of modernism in US English: modernism nounˈmädərnˌizəmˈmɑdərnˌɪzəm 1Modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique. 现代思想；现代表达；现代技术 when he waxes philosophical, he comes across as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism 当他大谈哲理时，他给人的印象是怀旧与现代主义的奇怪结合。 Example sentencesExamples Therefore, the techniques of modernism, rather than outmoded conceptions of realism, might offer the necessary strategies for representing the reality of modernist events. There was a total commitment to modernism and innovation, an impatience to get to the future ahead of everybody else. One is the rejection of foundationalism, which characterized modernism's theological reliance on science, psychology, and philosophy. The answer for most was the multi-faceted world of experiments in expression that we call modernism. By 1914, Europe had perhaps reached the limits of modernism, which was characterized, above all, by disorder in the mind. This would be a purely social postmodernity which derives from the recognition that even the satires and games of modernism and modernity posit a deeper reality which we can no longer believe in. Modernity and modernism don't necessarily equate with modernization. In objectifying his memories, Jim abandons what we might call his realism for a mode of representation more characteristic of modernism. Rather, his regime uses the language of pragmatism and modernism to herald changes that appear at odds with the general cultural consensus on topics such as education and religion. In most Arab societies one may find values that endeavor to include modernism and follow modern life style. Like all of his shows, this one is challenging and timely, but it only glancingly addresses how the computer is eroding the hard-won humanistic qualities of modernism. Everything is nostalgia, eventually - modernism is just nostalgia for the future, rooted by the same disgust with the present that informs new urbanist nostalgia. Using this analytical scheme, I argued that Islamic modernism was an outcome of the discursive context of the ideological contentions in the second part of the nineteenth-century Egypt. Not that it necessarily has to be a symbol of modernism and innovation that is targeted for immolation. In this, he overcomes the eye/body/mind splits so characteristic of modernism and modernity, especially in the visual arts. Synonyms change, alteration, revolution, upheaval, transformation, metamorphosis, reorganization, restructuring, rearrangement, recasting, remodelling, renovation, restyling, variation 1.1 A style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms. （指脱离古典和传统形式的）艺术现代主义 Example sentencesExamples The work establishes the bridge between modernism and post-modernism utilizing primitive oral techniques. He is known for his large abstract collages made of cut and painted canvas that have inflections of European modernism and Abstract Expressionism. Is the emergent virtual art that you identify here, for you, a counterrevolution against modernism and postmodernism - or not? Although it was similar in context and emphasis to the decorative style of ‘art nouveau,’ a stronger connection to modernism distinguished art deco. The works of these authors inhabit the domains of neo-realism, modernism, postmodernism and magical realism. Or is virtualism an extension of modernism and postmodernism? She also participated in the ideological and esthetic shift from modernism to postmodernism and has experience with the strategies of both. Its pictorial and plastic experiments were deemed crucial to the construction of modernism and the history of 20th-century art. I will reveal myself as being closer to modernism than to postmodernism by asserting that I believe there are some things that are true. In Europe it was Matisse who ushered Bonnard into modernism, asserting that he was a ‘great painter for today and assuredly for the future’. There was modernism, then postmodernism, and modernism reappeared, because it never completely disappeared. Much Middle Eastern art in the Biennale revealed a combination of older styles of modernism (early abstraction, Cubism). Visual art, including bodybuilding, can be divided into classicism and modernism. These buildings at the Bund represent a variety of Western architectural styles including classicism, eclecticism and modernism. It is not quite postmodern yet, but there is a movement against modernism. The Futurists were influenced by the European artistic movements like modernism and Cubism, with its fractured way of looking at the world. He parodied the historical parade of styles in modernism, mimicking, for example, the strains of lyrical and geometric abstraction. The mixture of classical modernism with traditionalist references was thick, and it seemed undeniable that many of the works were deliberate remakes of recognizable Western modernist icons. That earlier activity ran parallel to the beginnings of modernism in French art, with artists like Manet and Degas responding to the anxious and unsettled urban environment they inhabited. This is a leading distinction between modernism and postmodernism, the so-called decentering of the self. 1.2 A movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 现代主义（尤指19世纪晚期至20世纪早期罗马天主教修正传统信仰以符合现代思想的思潮） Example sentencesExamples Our analyses of national data for 12 European countries and Israel lent strong support to our hypotheses linking theological modernism with cultural and economic individualism. The quality and quantity of his autobiographies makes them an exceptionally valuable resource for students of Loisy's role in Roman Catholic modernism. At a time when the church took a rigid and protective stance against what it believed were destructive forces of modernism, Petre's voice honored both reason and faith. Indeed traditionalist, Tridentine Roman Catholics deplore the theological modernism into which their church has sunk through the espousal of the theory of doctrinal development. And though Catholic modernism arose in response to the Enlightenment, it may prove to be even more appropriate for postmodern believers. Orthodox faiths that unite in resisting religious liberalism and modernism may nonetheless disagree about the content of theology and about its social implications. Eager missionaries enter Asia prepared to do battle with ancient Asian religions; they find themselves rehashing old fights with theological modernism. There is no return to the 19th century with its opposition between Church and modernism.
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